Combined coat and helmet



March 4 1924. 1,485,392

C. HALEK COMBINED COAT AND HELMET Filed May 27, I922 3 Sheets-Sheet 13mm C. HALEK March 4 1924. 1,485,392

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Filed May 27, 1922 3 Sheets-Sheet 5 Patented Mar. 4, 1924.

UNITED STATES- CHARLES HALEK, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

COMBINED COAT AND HELMET.

Application filed May 27, 1922. Serial No. 564,194.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES HALEK, a citizen of the United States,residing at Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in a Combined Coat andHelmet, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a combined coat and helmet which is especiallydesigned for outdoor wear by persons undergoing treatment insanitariums, although not necessarily restricted to that particularfield of usefulness. However, the garment is designed to protect thewearer against extreme cold weather and general. inclement conditions,especially enfeebled persons who may be required to be wheeled aroundout-doors or compelled to rest for long periods in a reclining positionin the open regardless of weather conditions. The coat and helmet aretherefore particularly constructed to give bodily comfort, warmth andease, and to be readily and conveniently converted and changed to meetvariable temperatures and conditions compatible with the comforts andneeds of the patient or wearer. Both the coat and helmet comprise innerremovable linings of soft and loosely woven but relatively heavymaterial whereas the outer body is not only relatively heavy but oftightly woven texture and rain-proof. The mode and places of attachmentof the separable parts of the coat and helmet have also been designedwith view of effectively securing them together for ready attachment anddetachment and without producing uncomfortable folds or places in anypart of the garment and without subjecting the materials therein toobjectionable tearing strains or accidental displacement.

In the annexed drawing, Fig. 1 is a reduced side View of my improvedgarment as it appears upon a person, and Figs. 2 and 3 are rear andfront views of the same, re-

spectively. Fig. 4 is a rear view of the helmet flattened and detachedfrom the coat, a portion of which is shown in Fig. 5, beneath Fig. 4.Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the detachable helmet lining alsopartially flattened, and Fig. 7 is a perspective view of the upperposition of the removable coat lining. Fig. -8 is front view of the coatbuttoned up together with the attached helmet, which is thrown open atits front. Fig. 9 is a view corresponding to Fig. 8

showing the helmet and one half of the coat in section and with onefront half of the coat intact and thrown back to show the inner liningand its places of attachment inside of the coat. Fig. 10 is an enlargedsectional detail of the crown portion of the helmet and the liningtherein with the snap fastening separated.

The invention consists of a long, loose over-coat 2 to which a. hood orhelmet 3 is detachably aflixed by three buttons 1- intermediate theshoulders immediately beneath the rear side of a soft single-ply collar5 bordering the neck opening of the coat. Collar 5 is thinner and morepliable than the body of the coat and is adapted to be overlapped at itspointed front ends and to extend upwardly into the helmet 3 which isprovided with a divided band portion 6 at its bottom edge having freeextensions 7 adapted to overlap each other and collar 5 and to befastened together underneath or in front of the chin of the wearer by abutton 8.

The three buttons 4 have corresponding 6 and when the helmet is fastenedto the coat at these places the remaining arts of the helmet over theshoulders an at the front side of collar 5 are free from the coat toprevent restraint and promote the comfort of the wearer in reclining orsitting or moving about. Furthermore, the front and neck coveringportion of the helmet may be thrown wide open while the wearer isreclining on a couch with his head still within the helmet and withoutdetaching the helmet from the coat as indicated in Fig. 8. The helmet isalso provided with a depending flap 9 at its upper front side,-and thisflap is relatively thin and pliable and long enough to be draped overthe tip of the nose of the wearer. Fla 9 is also of irregular curvatureto narrow the end thereof and to widen the upper end where joined to thehelmet body, thus serving to cover the nose and the forehead withoutobscuring thev vision of the wearer. Flap 9 may also be folded andturned upward against two independent pieces of fabric having the samegeneral shape and outline and fitted snugly one within. the other andalso detachably fastened together at particularly effective places toassure good and comfortable fit. The inner coat member 2 is alsospecially constructedto facilitate itsattachment and separation from theouter member 2, either when the double garment is being worn or after ithas been removed from the person.

Thus, the inner coat member 2 is made of thick but loosely wovenfabricof soft and comfortable texture adapted to be easily cleaned, andthe front side of this member is open lengthwise and-provided in eachborder portion 11-11 with a row of button-hole openings 12-12. Thismember is also armless, having arm holes 1313 only, and the shoulderportions 1-1-14 are divided between the arm-holes and the circular neckopening 15. A button 14 or other suitable fastening means may be used tosecure the divided overlapping shoulder portions 14-14 together, andthese over-lapping shoulder portions also have button holes 16-16therein adjacent the edges of the arm holes 13 and the neck opening 15.A button hole 17 is also provided centrally in the back adjacent theedge of neck opening 15, and other button holes 18-18 are made in thisinner coat member centrally beneath the arm-holes 13, see Figs. 7 and 9.In the latter figure I show the inner coat member 2 fastened to theouter body or coat member 2, a set of buttons 19 being provided withinthe inside of said coat member in the places or positions occupied bythe button holes 12. The outer and inner coat members may also bebuttoned together at their bottom edges as shown at 20, Fig. 9.

A double coat constructed as described provides full protection andcomfort in ex-' tremely cold weather andmay be instantly converted tomeet warmer'or more temperate conditions. Thus, it is especially usefulfor invalids or enfeebled persons undergoing out-door treatment inasmuchas the inner member 2 may be unbuttoned and removed while the 1patientis reclining. This may be accomplis ed without removing 'the outermember 2.0r chilling the patient, but only by opening the shoulderportions 14-14:. In this way a change or substitution of inner members 2may also be made, which. is especially advantageous where Sweatingoccurs as in tuberculosis patients.

' The helmet is also made in two separable inner and outer pieces, theinner member rel-eases having approximately the same contour as theouter member but being made of soft side of the inner helmet parts 8*and to the inner side of the outer part 3*, and these devices arepreferably mounted upon or at the seam where an overlapping or doublethickness occurs. In severe weather the double helmet may be worn, butwhen a change in temperature occurs the outer helmet may be a detachedfrom the inner one and thrown back Without removing inner part 3 fromthe head.

The outer helmet part and the outer coat part are preferably'made ofmelton cloth or heavy felted woven material pressed hard towithstandvigorous weather conditions, and the inner parts of the helmet and coatare preferably made of new wool and loosely woven to provide a lightweight body.

While the garment is especially designed for ill and enfeebled persons,it is also an exceptionally useful garment for automobilists, firemen,etc.

What I claim, is:

1. An over-coat comprising an outer body with arms and adetachable'inner body having arm openings and divided shoulder portions,and means adapted to detachably unite said bodies together.

2. An over-coat comprising an outer body made of heavy felted wovenmaterial having arms and a collar and an open front portion, and aninner body of light weight woolen material having arm holes and dividedshoulder portions and an open front portion, said bodies havingassociated means adapted to detachably secure them together at theirshoulder portions and the arm holes and their open front portions.

3. A garment of the class described comprisin an outer body having adetachable inner ining therefor, said lining being provided with dividedshoulder portions, and means carried by said outer body for unitin saidportions and securing the same to said outer body.

4. A garment of the class described comprising an outer body having aninner body of lighter material, said inner body havingdivided andoverlapping shoulder portions, and means carried by said outer body foruniting thereto the inner body along the marginal edges of the latterand through said overlapping shoulder ortions.

In testimony whereof I a x my signature.

- CHARLES I-IALEK.

